Hose-supporter.



F. S. GALLOWAY.

HOSE SUPPORTER- APPLIOATION rnmn MAR. 28, 1914.

1,1 1 3,954. Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. CALLOWAY, OF FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Application filed March 28, 1914. Serial No. 828,028.

I Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

improvements in hose supporters, and an object thereof is to dispensewith the employment of elastic textile material from which the usualhose supporter is constructed.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a hose supporterby means of which the hose will be held tightly around the leg of thewearer, without any portion of the supporter engaging the leg above thehose.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed,and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my im proved supporter showing thesame in a position for use; Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view,part1 in section, showing the manner of connecting one of the clasps tothe connecting member; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.y

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates apair of clasps which are constructed of springwire, one end of each wirebeing bent backwardly upon the body portion thereof as at 6, to form theengaging portion ofthe clasp, the opposite end of the wire of each claspbeing coiled as at 7. A connecting member 8 is provided, consisting of acoiled spring wire, the member being preferably annular in cross-sectionand the bore thereof being of substantially the same diameter asfthediameter of the coiled portions 7 of the clasp.

The wire composing the connecting member 8 is relatively of lessdiameter than the diameter of the Wires forming the clasps5,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for flvecents each, by addressingthe Commissioner Washington, D. 0."

and the coiled portions 7 of the clasps are adapted for insertion intothe opposite ends of the bore of the. connecting member, theconvolutions of the connecting member being adapted for frictionalengagement be tween the convolutions of the coiled portions of theclasps,to prevent accidental disengagement of the clasps from theconnect ing member. It will, of course, be understood that one of theclasps may be connected to the hose and the other clasp may be connectedto the under garment, so that the hose will be supported in the propermanner upon the leg. It will also be understood that any desired form ofclasp which is provided with a coiled end may beqused with the connectinmember, and that the coiled portions of the clasps and the coiledconnecting member may be oval-shaped in cross-section or any otherdesired shape.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure andclaim by Letters Patent, is

-- A hose supporter comprising a pair of wire clasps, one end of thewire of each of the clasps being coiled, and a colled wlre connectlngmember, said connectmg member being of slightly greater diameter thanthe coiled portionsof the clasps, the convo lutions of the clasps beingadapted for engagement within the opposite ends of the connecting memberand to engage between the convolutionsthereof, the convolutions of theclasps and the convolutions of the connecting member being disposedatthe same angle with, relation to the common longitudinal axisiof thecoiled portions of the clasps and the connecting member, whereby theclasps may be readily removed from or attached to the connecting memberby the a turning of the same with relation to the member. a

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. FRANK S.-CALLOVAY. Witnesses:

LEONARD R. PARKINSON,

WILLIAM I. FrrzsIMMoNs.

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